Re: CloudSat/CALIPSO Launch

From: Robert Holdsworth (robbonz1@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Sat Apr 22 2006 - 06:59:03 EDT

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    Launch postponed till Sunday, this time because of unavailability of a 
    support aircraft.
    
    Robert
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp@earthlink.net>
    To: "See-Sat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Cc: "Hearsat Newsgroup" <hearsat@mailman.qth.net>
    Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:55 AM
    Subject: CloudSat/CALIPSO Launch
    
    
    > Hi All:
    >
    > For those of you who generate your own TLEs, be advised that the new time
    > for the Delta II CloudSat/CALIPSO launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
    > California is 2006 April 22 10:02:26 UTC (03:02:26 Pacific Daylight Time).
    >
    > According to a launch weather forecast issued yesterday, the weather will
    > probably be within acceptable parameters for a April 22 Delta II launch
    > attempt. Unfortunately, for those of us in California, acceptable launch
    > weather doesn't necessarily translate into good launch viewing weather. We
    > are currently plagued with high clouds.
    >
    > On an unrelated topic, a Minuteman III dawn launch from Vandenberg AFB on
    > April 7 created an unexpected display along the California coast. Photos 
    > are
    > posted at:
    >
    > www.spacearchive.info/minuteman-iii-gt-190gb.htm
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Brian Webb
    >
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